Japan's Sumitomo and Rakuten to join Ukraine recovery projects

Infrastructure rebuilding to begin as soon as this year in western region

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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ukraine in March 2023. © Kyodo

ANNA NISHINO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Sumitomo Corp. and Rakuten Group are among roughly 20 Japanese companies and government organizations that will take part in projects to rebuild Ukraine's communications and energy infrastructure battered by the Russian war, Nikkei has learned.

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